Riverside
Police Department
Press Release

For Immediate Release

Date

June 17, 2002

Contact

Sergeant Ed Blevins

Phone

(909) 320-8015

Fax

(909)320-8043

Man Arrested in Wife's Death

Riverside, Ca- Detectives with the Riverside
Police Department have arrested a suspect for the murder of his wife. Mateo
Diego 24 years old was arrested and booked into the Robert Presley Detention
Center. Diego was wanted for questioning in the death of his wife, 20 years old,
who was found dead on the floor of a room they had recently rented, in the 7200
block of Lydia Street. Diego was arrested in front of a nearby residence when a
group of people he was standing with flagged down a patrol unit that was in the
area.